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Paradox and Promise in the Philippines
A Joint Country Gender Assessment

Strategy and Program Assessments ISBN: 978-971-561-720-8 Pub. Date: 2008 In stock

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Country gender assessments analyze gender and development issues to help governments and stakeholders promote gender equality and empower women. The report was prepared by a team from the Asian Development Bank, Canadian International Development Agency, European Commission, United Nations Children's Fund, United Nations Development Fund for Women, and United Nations Population Fund, in partnership with the Philippine Government's National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women. Through a series of regional consultations and a final consultation, more than 200 representatives of government, nongovernment organizations, and civil society helped select chapter themes and fill gaps in the analysis, and shared personal and institutional case studies to enrich the narrative.

Contents

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Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Preface

Executive Summary

Chapter 1: A Socioeconomic Overview of the Philippines

1.1. The Philippines
1.2. The Economic and Poverty Picture
1.3. Economy and Employment
1.4. Social Development
1.5. Governance

Section I: Women's Economic Empowerment

Chapter 2: Employment in New and Old Workplaces

2.1. New Workplaces
2.2. Old Workplaces
2.3. Recommendations

3.1. Challenges Facing Owners of Microenterprises and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
3.2. Recommendations

4.1. Domestic Migration
4.2. International Migration
4.3. The Consequences of Migration
4.4. Responses to Migration Challenges
4.5. Recommendations

Section II: Social Development

Chapter 5: Basic Social Services

5.1. Education
5.2. Health and Nutrition
5.3. HIV and AIDS
5.4. Recommendations

Chapter 6: Social Protection

6.1. Defining Social Protection in the Philippines
6.2. Formal Social Insurance
6.3. Performance of Targeted Programs
6.4. Social Protection in the Informal Sector
6.5. Conclusion
6.6. Recommendations

Chapter 7: Gender-Based Violence

7.1. Prevalence
7.2. Domestic Violence
7.3. The Sex Trade and Violence
7.4. Trafficking of Women and Children
7.5. Responses to Gender-Based Violence
7.6. Challenges in the Implementation of Laws and Policies
7.7. Conclusion
7.8. Recommendations

Section III: Gender-Responsive Governance

Chapter 8: Investing in Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

8.1. Gender Budgets
8.2. Gender and Development Budgeting at the Local Level
8.3. Tracking Progress
8.4. “Engendering” the Judiciary
8.5. Recommendations

Chapter 9: Conflict, Gender, and Peace

9.1. Gendered Effects of Armed Conflicts
9.2. Local Peace Efforts
9.3. Recommendations

Chapter 10: Gender in Disaster Risk Management

10.1. Incorporating Gender Needs in Disaster Risk Management
10.2. The Philippine Response to Disaster Risks
10.3. Gender Awareness in Disaster Risk Management
10.4. Conclusions
10.5. Recommendations

Chapter 11: Looking Ahead

Bibliography

Appendix 1: The National Machinery for the Advancement of Women

Appendix 2: Summary of the Joint Country Gender Assessment Stakeholder Consultations

Appendix 3: Data Tables